Archive for December, 2009
Merry Christmas!
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009“I Am an Amanuensis” 69: Susan Cooper
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009“There was something about Christmas Eve [. . .] that demanded company. One needed somebody to whisper to during the warm, beautiful dream-taut moments between hanging the empty stocking at the end of the bed, and dropping into the cozy oblivion that would flower into the marvel of Christmas morning.”
Susan Cooper, Over Sea and Under Stone, Book 1 of her series The Dark is Rising.
Amanuensis –noun. A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.
“I Am an Amanuensis” 68: Elvis Costello
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009Lip Service — well, that’s all you’ll ever get from me
Well, how could you believe I’ll take you seriously?
With your cheap rewards, your blackmail, and your comical rage
Just remember you’ll only be the boss so long as you pay my wage
Elvis Costello in “Cheap Reward,” from the rerelease of his album, My Aim is True. The lyrics are reminiscent of Bob Dylan’s “Maggie’s Farm.” Here’s a video of Costello performing “Cheap Reward” with Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report.
Amanuensis –noun. A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.
The Man is UNCLE?
Monday, December 7th, 2009
An Offer? You Can’t Refuse!
Saturday, December 5th, 2009My latest commercial project: a comic-style brochure advertising a commercial property at 10548 Armstrong Ave, Mather, CA, owned by Plant Bros. Corp. and shown by Todd Eschelman of Cornish and Carey Commercial.
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